Species Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis & Solander, 1786

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pocillopora verrucosa Ellis, J. & Solander, D. 1786. The natural history of many curious and uncommen zoophytes, collected from various parts of the globe by the late John Ellis....Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. London : printed for Benjamine White and Son; at Horace's Head, Fleet Street; and Peter Elmsly, in the Strand. i-xii, 208 pp., 63 pls.
• Pocillopora hemprichi Ehrenberg, G.G. 1834. Beitrage zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im Allgemeinen und besanders des Rothen Meeres nebst, einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin 1832(1): 225–380.
• Pocillopora elegans Dana, J.D. 1846. Zoophytes. United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York : Greenwood Press Vol. 7 pp. i-vi + 740.
• Pocillopora meandrina Dana, J.D. 1846. Zoophytes. United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York : Greenwood Press Vol. 7 pp. i-vi + 740.
• Pocillopora nobilis Verrill, A.E. 1864. List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 1: 29-60.
• Pocillopora danae Verrill, A.E. 1864. List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 1: 29-60.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Veron, J.E.N. & Pichon, M. 1976. Scleractinia of eastern Australia Part I. Families Thamnasteriidae, Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 1. 1-86 [48]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Veron, J.E.N. & Pichon, M. 1976. Scleractinia of eastern Australia Part I. Families Thamnasteriidae, Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 1. 1-86

History of changes